ABSTRACT
Many issues are brought to bear on the treatment of mining wastes. Some of these issues, such as cost, apply to every possible method of treatment. Others such as whether to concentrate on abandoned or active operations are somewhat mutually exclusive. In establishing an action plan for the EPA Region 8 Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substances Research Center, many of these issues were considered. The issues that were considered, the conclusions that were made, and how these conclusions affected the decision of which research projects to fund is the subject of this paper.
